Mussius Aemilianus

Lucius Mussius Aemilianus (died March 262) was a usurper of the Roman Empire during the Third-Century Crisis. He served under Philip the Arab and Valerian as a Roman soldier, and he became the Prefect of Aegyptus under Emperor Valerian. When Valerian died, Aemilianus rebelled against his successor Gallienus in an attempt to seize power for himself, but Aurelius Theodotus was sent to Egypt with a Roman army. Aemilianus was defeated before 30 March 262 and captured, and he was strangled in prison.